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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rich/poor is not a constitutionally protected class.  Schools give priority to poor kids (at the expense of middle class kids) - I do not get the objection to admitting rich kids who actually pay full tuition and then some.  [/quote]

Way to not understand the lawsuit. The schools were taking advantage of an antitrust exemption to share financial aid information. That exemption required that they be need blind. [/quote]

But they are need blind.

They are not favoring these kids because they have the ability to pay the tuition, they are favoring these kids because a well connected banker is asking that these kids get special treatment and might lead to a lot more than a bit of tuition.

I don't like that money can buy access to pretty much anything but we do not have a merit based admissions process, never did.
It seems a bit hypocritical if we are only bothered this fact that now that affirmative action has been outlawed.
Were we really only looking the other way on all this crap because we were giving preferences to black and hispanic students over asian students?[/quote]

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